Excuse me, why didn't the mola fish that was eaten by seals and didn't escape become extinct?

70% of the earth's surface is covered by seawater, so it can be said that the diversity of marine life is no less than that of land. There are many strange creatures living in the ocean, among which one kind of fish with amazing size and unique shape has attracted people's attention-Mola.

Herman, a wildlife photographer, took an unexpected scene while diving. A Mola is being chased by seals, and more than half of its body has been bitten off by seals, but Mola "takes it in stride" and has no intention of panicking or running away. Why? Molas have no pain?

Maura. Mola Mola, also known as Mola mola, has many nicknames in other countries, such as head fish, mola fish and moon fish, and is an oceanic fish.

Mola fish has a strange shape. It's tall, but short and flat. Viewed from the side, it is oval, but when you look up or down, you will find it is flat.

According to related research, molas are relatively large. If it is the longest known bony fish, it is undoubtedly the largest bony fish. Its maximum gross length can exceed 5 meters, and its adult weight can reach about 3 tons. Widely distributed in tropical and subtropical waters, it is also found in temperate, cold and coastal areas of China, belonging to large bony fish.

Although molas are huge, they are not fierce creatures. Their main food is some small fish and shrimp, and occasionally they eat some jellyfish as "snacks".

Molas get their name because they often float to the surface to bask in the sun. While enjoying sunbathing comfortably, they also like to turn their flat bodies up in the waves like a waterwheel, just like a rollover, so they are called Molas.

Rollover is not a good word. It originally refers to an accident and rollover of a vehicle, but it is also used to describe a problem or failure. And if it can be used on a fish, it can only show that this fish is not ordinary waste.

A mola fish with rough skin and negative IQ has thick skin and no nerve endings. Other creatures generally eat its thick skin, so they don't feel pain. There are also some causes of death of mola fish circulating on the Internet.

It will make people laugh after reading it For example, some molas die from excessive stress, while others die from sunburn while lying at sea. It can be said that it is very appropriate to use "stupid" to describe molas!

Slow speed, slow reaction Because Mola is huge, its tail fin degenerates, it moves clumsily in the sea, its reaction is slow, and its swimming speed is extremely slow, so it is incredible that fish are not good at swimming!

Because of this, molas are often targeted by other predators, such as sharks, killer whales or sea lions, seals and even tuna.

In the whole marine life, because the attack ability and defense ability of molas are very weak, carnivorous marine life will bully molas. But incredibly, the stupid molas are not extinct.

Why isn't such a stupid mola fish extinct? First of all, this is also the most important point. Thanks to the powerful reproductive ability of molas, molas lay many eggs at a time. According to biologists' research, an adult female mola can ovulate 25-3 million eggs at a time, making it the champion with the largest number of eggs among vertebrates.

Although the hatching rate of fish eggs is not very high, only about one million survive to the end, but the large enough base ensures that this population will not be eliminated because of poor viability.

Secondly, the skin of mola fish is very rough. Although its body has been eaten by other creatures, it still has a chance to survive. Mola is often seen wandering in the ocean on the Internet, which is related to its skin thickness.

In this case, the mola fish is either eaten to death, or a part of its body is eaten, and the predator leaves after eating, and the mola fish continues to live.

Finally, as the supreme ruler of the food chain, no matter what animal it is, the biggest natural enemy should be human beings, and molas often go to the sea to bask in the sun, so they are easy to catch, but molas are edible, but not very delicious, so humans don't prey on molas very much.

Mola can be said to be a wonderful flower in the biological world. With its high birth rate, it ensures the reproduction of future generations, but in general, no matter what the reason, as long as any creature can survive, it is victory.